It just keeps happening. Moron after moron after moron reviving dead threads for no reason, contributing nothing new or exciting, and just being generally irritating. I've completely given up on scolding them, telling them to not do it again. Regardless, even when I do, most of the time they continue necroing anyway! What I ask is that we take this way more seriously. It's annoying, rude, and just bad etiquette and it should stop. At the least giving a warning or a temporary ban for people who do it should work.

Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:32 am

Duh102

happy carebear mom

Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 amPosts: 7086Location: b8bbd5

Re: Make necroing a more serious offense. Seriously.

Miggles wrote:

I've completely given up on scolding them, telling them to not do it again.

1. Use the report button. Backseat modding is annoying.2. Don't get so bothered by old threads.

If there's a problem with current forumites we'll start being more harsh, but most necros are performed by new people who pop in for all of five minutes to download mods.More harsh punishments wouldn't stop anything, because the people performing the "crime" don't come back anyway. And if they're necroing in the first place, they're not reading the rules, which means they won't read warnings about harsh punishments either.

I've also noticed what Miggles says, and I've been reporting those threads. But could we at least have a reason labeled "Necro" or something?

Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:50 am

TheLastBanana

DRL Developer

Joined: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:27 amPosts: 3129Location: A little south and a lot west of Moscow

Re: Make necroing a more serious offense. Seriously.

Bringing back an old topic is not, alone, a problem, so it doesn't make any sense to have it as a report reason. It's only a problem if the post is of poor quality and/or doesn't contribute anything to the topic. If anything, it just makes us scrutinize the post a bit more, and not necessarily give a warning outright.Why should there be a rule against it? It's completely arbitrary, and all it does is encourage reposting of topics and confusion regarding how old is "too old."

Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:15 am

Arcalane

Joined: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 pmPosts: 1608Location: UK

Re: Make necroing a more serious offense. Seriously.

Duh102 wrote:

Miggles wrote:

I've completely given up on scolding them, telling them to not do it again.

1. Use the report button. Backseat modding is annoying.2. Don't get so bothered by old threads.

If there's a problem with current forumites we'll start being more harsh, but most necros are performed by new people who pop in for all of five minutes to download mods.More harsh punishments wouldn't stop anything, because the people performing the "crime" don't come back anyway. And if they're necroing in the first place, they're not reading the rules, which means they won't read warnings about harsh punishments either.

This is exactly why I hit the report button and move on, then silently at anyone who bothers to respond.

If rule #1 of necroing is "don't do it", rule #2 should be "don't reply to it".

Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:54 am

Lizardheim

DRL Developer

Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 10:29 amPosts: 4107Location: Russia

Re: Make necroing a more serious offense. Seriously.

Well, that IS pretty much the rules we already have here.

Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:57 am

Duh102

happy carebear mom

Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 amPosts: 7086Location: b8bbd5

Re: Make necroing a more serious offense. Seriously.

Brb modifying rules to give 3 day bans to people who reply to a necro post with "necro, stop that"

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